Redleg Nation · Apr 15, 2020
Jackie Robinson’s first trip to Cincinnati to play the Reds
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Today is Jackie Robinson Day around Major League Baseball. Unfortunately we aren’t celebrating it in the way that we usually do. There’s no baseball being played. No one is donning the #42 on their backs in honor of Robinson on the field today. On this day, April 15th, back in 1947, it was Jackie Robinson who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball. Suiting up for the Brooklyn Dodgers, he went 0-3 with a sacrifice hit and a run scored in a win over the Boston Braves in Brooklyn.